Last Modified: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 8:11 a.m.

A photo submitted by a passerby shows the aftermath of a car crash Friday evening along La. 182 in Bayou Blue that killed an 18-year-old driver from Houma.

Eric Carrere

Billy Tyson, 18, of Houma, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lafourche Parish Coroner's Office, State Police said. His passenger was taken to Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Mathews with what police described as minor injuries.

About 5:30 p.m., Tyson was driving a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse east on La. 182 just east of the Prospect Street extension. He was traveling at high speed when his car left the left side of the road and entered the rocky median, where it flipped, State Police Troop C said. The Eclipse rolled into the westbound lanes of La, 182, where it came to rest on its roof.

Tyson and his passenger, who is also from Houma, were both wearing seat belts, police said.

Alcohol use was not immediately known, and toxicology tests, required in all fatal crashes, were pending, police said. Speed is suspected to be a factor, and the crash remains under investigation.

<p>An 18-year-old driver was killed and a 16-year-old passenger injured Monday evening after his car veered off La. 182 In Bayou Blue and flipped several times, police said.</p><p>Billy Tyson, 18, of Houma, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lafourche Parish Coroner's Office, State Police said. His passenger was taken to Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Mathews with what police described as minor injuries.</p><p>About 5:30 p.m., Tyson was driving a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse east on La. 182 just east of the Prospect Street extension. He was traveling at high speed when his car left the left side of the road and entered the rocky median, where it flipped, State Police Troop C said. The Eclipse rolled into the westbound lanes of La, 182, where it came to rest on its roof.</p><p>Tyson and his passenger, who is also from Houma, were both wearing seat belts, police said.</p><p>Alcohol use was not immediately known, and toxicology tests, required in all fatal crashes, were pending, police said. Speed is suspected to be a factor, and the crash remains under investigation.</p>